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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-06-01, Page 3Y' PALM 'ROVES OF PALESTINE SEARCHED B SALVO OF SHELLS Water Tactics and Drilling Plant of the ,Germans in Egypt Destroyed by British. t1 A despatch from London says: A British official covin ntication issued Thursday night concerning the oper- ations in Egypb says: "Since, the enemy air attack on Port Said, the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt has given the enemytTlittle rest. Four British machines have heavily bombarded the enemy advance posts. Forty 'bombs were dropped, resulting in buildings and a plant at El Ram- ma being seriously damaged and the water tanks at Rodhsalem being sinashed. This will upset the whole plan of the enemy, as, since the des- truction of his drilling plant at Jif- jaffa by our patrols, he had set great store on the Rohdsalem water works. FRENCH I REPLY SHOT FOR SHOT "It has now been learned that the column of troops which suffered by our bombing attack on El Arish on the 18th were Germans. Thio prob- ably explains their hasty retaliation by dropping bombs on Port Said civil - lane. Further details show that two British monitors and a sloop fired 34 heavy projectiles in the attack on El Arish, causing the enemy to scatter in all directions among the palm groves near shore, which afterwards were thoroughly searched by salvos of medium shells. The bombardment lasted two hours, and the strong fort in the town was reduced to ruins. The enemy, completely demoralized, made .no reply to our fire." Are Holding the Germans at Almost Every Point Around Verdun. A despatch from London says: The Battle of Verdun continues unabated. On both sides of the Meuse River,. north-east and north-west of the fort- ress, the. Germans are keeping up their unprecedented bombardments and vicious infantry attacks, while the Frenchare replying to the German' guns virtually shot for shot, and un- der a withering fire holding the Ger- trans at almost every point. One more gain, however, has been made by the Germans. After recap- turing Fort Douaumont and taking trenches_ south and south-west of bhe fort, the Germans to the west have occupied'a section of French trenches following a series of attacks, in all of which' they were repulsed with heavy casualties except the one where they penetrated the French lines. Their hold on the Douaumont ridge. regained, the Germans have again concentrated on the reduction of Le More Honrme and Hill 304, across the river. The French made three ' at- tempts on Thursday bo recapture Cumieres. Berlin says that all attacks failed. Cumireres is important because it links the German lines east and west of the Meuse. In German hands it also helps to prevent the flanking fire on broops operating on the east bank, which is the larger objective also, in the capture of Le Mort Homme and Hill 304. Once these are taken and set— with a wedge already driven in at Douaumont, the Germans can resume their frontal assaults on the main line of the fortress. PLAN REBUILDING OF RUINED DISTRICT. A despatch from Paris says: Presi- dent Poincare 'on Thursday inaugu- rated an exposition in the Tuileries Gardens at which methods of recon- structing the devastated villages of France are being demonstrated. Types of reconstructed houses, with modern sanitary equipment, and plans for laying out cities and towns are on ex- hibition. 10,000 GALLONS OF OIL EMPTIED INTO SEWERS. A despatch from Montreal says Some joker or malicious person left open taps of the Imperial Oil Com- pany's tanks at Point St. Charles on Wednesday night: Before the leak- age had been discovered ten thousand gallons of coal oil had run into the streets and down the sewers. LABOR ASKS VOICE IN WAR'S SETTLEMENT. A despatch from London says: The Dockers' Union has given its enthusi- astic endorsement to the proposal of the American Federation of Labor that at the seine time and place of the negotiations for peace, there shall be a worlds labor congress "so thatlabor shall have a voice in the terms of settlement, with the object of putting forth efforts to make war impossible in the future." The Dockers' Union. will urge the proposal on all other British labor bodies. FOUR LIVES LOST IN FIRE. Indian's Wife, Two Children and Adopted Child Burned. LLOYD .GEORGE TO UNIFY IRISH .bl ie VT7gNo OOPIE • Task Committed to Minister of Munitions by Unanimous Cabinet. A despatch from London says: One. of the most impressive scenes in the House of Commons since the begin- ning of the war took place on Thurs- day afternoon, when Premier Asquith made his eagerly -awaited statement on Ireland. Many epeculations and hopes were built on the words which were expected from the Premier, but those who believed that the situation would be completely clarified were doomed • to disappointment. Never- theless, the Premier's few words were delivered amid the most profound silence, the solo interruption coming when the sensational announcement was made that Mr. Lloyd George would negotiate the settlement. This announcement was greeted with warm approval from all sides. NOTED GENERAL'S SON SENT TO PRISON. Capt. James R. White Gets Three Months' Imprisonment. A despatch from London says: Capt. James R. White, formerly of the First Gordon Highlanders, and a son of the late Field Marshal Sir George White, the defender of Ladysmibh, was sen- tenced on Thursday to three months' imprisonment at Aberdare, Wales. He was convicted under the Defence of the Realm Act of having attempt- ed to induce coal miners to strike in order to compel the Government to show leniency toward the leaders of the rebellion in Ireland. After leav- ing the army, in which he won the Distinguished Service Order for his service during the Boer War, Capt. White became a Socialist. He went to Ireland to live and, took part in the riotous strike in Dublin in 1914. Later he joined the Sinn Fein Society. HINDENBURG ORDER TO HEARTEN TROOPS. Tells His Soldiers to Seek Peace on "Other Side of the Dvina." r VA r,t't. A ° preLd r ovrAe•fo Wow �1•-n* neuoie: coeol'o, ;m. O3q! OehN7 LEe61Ni 6eEhinc�'ff • Purges £'t \i! as all Cumieres Tie ow .osas, U.TTLE rvovr, of perhaps the greater part of tel slaughter. the after brigade wee hurled at the French positions to east on the Italian front. Here, a series of advances which began last week have now pressed the Italians back until the enemy is eleven miles into Venetia. It is now reported that the Italians have stopped the :Austrian rush, and have retaken a few of the lost positions. The battle is proceed- ing with a fury second onlyto that of Verdun. Two other events of the week are of outstanding importance. Voluntary service in England is now a thing of the past. From now until the end of the war Great Britain will call upon her citizens as they are needed for service. Sinister, indeed, for Turkey is the junction which was reported this week between a force of Russian cavalry and the British troops on the Tigris. Whence came the Russians, and by what route, is not known, but they are there, and without doubt more are to come. Contemporaneously with this came bhe report that the Turks had abandoned some of their advanced positions, and had lost a portion of one of the rear positions in a British assault. and west, only to melt away before the murderous machine gun, rifle, and shell fire. At last the french,' avoid- ing needless slaughter of their own ixoops, have abandoned the hill, which ]las become a sort of No -Man's -Land, with neither combatant anxious to ex- pose troops to the whirlwind of death which sweeps its summit. Meanwhile the French, taking mat- ters into bheir own hands, made an unexpected' advance against Fort Detainment, across the Meuse. They succeeded in taking practically the whole position, and permitted the Ger- mans to retake it only at horrible cosi, of men and ammunition. Cumieres also has fallen to the Germans, but. as the French have withdrawn from the more dangerous positions at Dead Man's Hill, it is doubtful if this com- manding position is worth to the en- emy what it cost them. But while the slaughter has been proceeding at Verdun, the ascendancy of the heavy artillery of the Central Powers has been making itself known DEVELOPMENTS OF THE WEEI{ IN THE WAR. What may prqve to be the critical period of the whole war is the strug- gle for Verdun which seems to have reached its climax this week in a bat- tle which, in point of sustained fero- city and carnage, has not its equal in the history of the world. After three months of fruitless initiative, and when it seemed that the attack must die of sheer weariness, the Germans began this week to press forward in a series of assaults beside which those of the early part of the struggle fade into comparative insignificance. Dead Man's Hill has been the scene BPITAIN RAISES ,0 1,000 MEd From the Ocean Shore Not One of Those Fighting .fort, IH iltpire a Conscript. A despatch from London eays; The. sig'natnre ,o'f. King George was en Thursday affixed to the military ser vice bill recently paseed by Parlia- ment. In giving the Royal sanction to the bill, King 'George issued the fol- lowing' message to the nation: "To enable our country to organize more effectively its military resources in the present great struggle 'for the cause of civilization I hate°, acting on the advice of my Ministers, deemed it necessary to enroll every able-bodied man between the ages of eighteen and forty-one. "I desire to take this opportunity of expressing to my people my recog- nition and appreciation of the splen-. did•pabriotism and-self-sacoiflce they. displayed in raising by voluntary en- listment since the commencement of the war war no less than 6,041,000 men—an effect far surpassing that of any other nation in s'imiiar circum- stances recorded in history, and one which will be a lasting source of pride to future generabions. "I am confident the magnificent spirit which has hitherto sustained my people through the trials of this terrible war will inspire them to en- dure the additional sacrifice now im- posed upon them, and that it will, with God's help, lead us and our allies to a victory which shall achieve the liberation of Europe." BITS OF NEWS PROM TUE MARITIME PROVINCES. Iteats of Interest From Places Lapped By Waves of the Atlantic. Fredericton has purchased a new fire alal•ln system, to cost about $1,300. Archie Babbot, a noted Fredericton athlete, has been wounded whilst fight- ing "somewhere in France." Rich, Hallett, an employe of "York and Sunbury's Milling Co„ Gibson, N.B., had his left hand badly mangled in the saw. While using a putty knife, Phileas Cormier of Rexton, N,B,, severed a main artery a11c1 narrowly escaped bleeding to death. Carl C. Walker, who was killed in action recently, was the second lad from Dartmouth, N.S., who has been killed this year. Lieut. -Col, S. Hanford McKee, son of Mr. Samuel H. McKee, Frederic- ton, has been made a Companion of St. Michael and St. George. It is reported that Col. MacLaren, of St. John, N.B., is to be appointed Deputy Director of Medical Service on the London Hospital staff. Mr, Howard Sugee, for many years doorkeeper at the Legislative As- sembly Building, Fredericton, was presented with a purse of money last week. Dr. W. A. Christie, a well-known physician of St. John, N.B., and for two years a meber of that city's City Council, died at Montclair, N.J., last weLieuek, t. A. C. Kelly, of Stanley, N.B., of the 6th Canadian Battalion, has been appointed officer commanding the Canadian Construction Company at the front. Miss Eva Bessie Lockhart, of Fal- mouth, N•S„ a member of this year's graduabins class at Acadia Univer- sity, was unanimously appointed a missionary to India. Rev. Percy Coulthurst, formerly of Trinity Church, St. John, and for the' last year tutor at Rothesay Collegiate, has enlisted as a private in the 115th FOLLOWING THE FIRiE CURTAIN. The Artillery Fire That Precedes In- fantry Attacks. in an article in the Atlantic Month- ly, "A Soldier of the Legion," Ser- geant 11/feriae describes the French at- tack on bhe German trenches during the drive in Champagne last Septem- ber. It gives an exceedingly vivid idea of the tremendous artillery fire .....the "drum fire" of the Germans, the "fire curtain" of the French—that pre- cedes all the infantry assaults made in this war. As we marched forward toward the enemy's wire the fire curtain in front outlined the whole length of the Ger- A despatch from London says: An order of the day said to have been is- sued recently by Field Mc_•shal von Hindenburg bo his men on the Russian fret is quoted as follows in a Cen- tral News despatch from Basel, Swit- zerland: "For some time a rumor has been spreading among the troops that peace negotiations are about to begin, and this fact, coupled with the instinct of self-preservation which is constantly growing is having a bad effect on the morale of the men. In the name of the Emperor, I declare that there can- not be any question of peace until we have crossed the Dvina. Soldiers, if you wish peace, go and seek it on the other side of the Dvina." GERtbtAN CASUALTIES NOT UP TO DATE. A despatch from British headquar- ters in France says: Confirmation of reports that the German casualty lists are so far in arrears that their total as issued from time to time is in no way representative, is declared now to have been supplied. It is now known that the names of Germans taken prisoner and left dead in the trenches at the battles of Loos in September last have only just been published as among the German miss- ing. A despatch from Fort William says: Four lives were lost in a fire early on Thursday morning which destroyed the home of Joseph Charley, an In - (Hare on the Mission Reserve. The dead are: Mrs. Joseph Charley; An- drew Charley, aged thirteen; Joseph, aged six, and Agnes McCoy, an adopt- ed daughter, aged thirteen.'The youngest child, a boy of three, was badly burned It is thought the fire Markets ®i the World Breadstu8s. Toronto, May 30.—Manitoba.Wheat- No, 1, Northern, 31.21; No, 2, 31.199; No: 3, 31.162, on track, Day Worts. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C•W., 5160;. No. 3 do., 6020; extra ".No. -1 feed, 6080; No. 3. feel, 498c., on track, Bay ports, American Dorn—No, 2 yellow, 51e, on track. Toronto. Canadian corn --Feed, 73 to 740, nomi- nal, on track, Toronto. 4S to 0.0°, Ontario oats—No, 3 white,. outside. Ontario wheat—No, 1 commercial, 91.03 to 31.08; No. 2-- do., 31.00 to 31.01; Ne.3 do., 07 to 800; feed wheat, 92 :to 03e, nontrnaly, according to freights outside, Peas—No. 2, +1,70; according to sam- ple, 31,25 to 31.50, according to freights outsui0. man line with wonderful neatness and Barley—Malting, GU st 6ts fess, 63 oto arlc. ,according to l to 67 outside. accuracy. Above, all was blackness, Buckwheat -710 to 71e, according to freights outside . but atits lower edge the curtain v0.sRYe-No1 commercial one t mm�tnnt1 Y .92 fringed with red and green flames, marking the explosion of the shells directly over the ditch and parapet in front of us. Out of the blackness fell a trickling rain of pieces of metal, lumps of earth, rifles and cartridges. Now we seemed. very close to the wall of shells streaming from our own guns, curving just above us, and dropping into the trenches in front. Across the wall of our own fire pour- ed shell after shell from the enemy, tearing through our ranks. From overhead the shrapnel seemed to come down in sheets, and from behind the sinking, blinding, curtain of smoke and flame came volleys of steel -jacket- ed bullets, their whine unheard. I think we moved forward simply from habit. Here and there men drop- ped, and the ranks closed automatical- ly. Suddenly our own fire curtain lifted. In a moment it had ceased to bar our way, and jumped -like a living thing to the next line of the enemy. could thetrenches font Italian Shell Fires Rovereto. A despatch from Rome says: An Italian shell has blown up bhe largest munitions depot at Rovereto, and the town is now in flames, according to u news despatch from Rome. Several heavy guns were destroyed by the explosion. It's a poor seed that isn't stronger started from an overheated stove than the soil. BRITAIN'S GUNS AND - MUNITIONS a j� EQUAL TO ANY EMERGE'N Y Turnout at Present Such as to Equip -Every Branch of All the Allied Armies. • A despatch from London says: Whatever may have been Britain's de- Aiclancies with regard to the supply of Munitions in the earlier stages of the : aalit there is every reason for •assixr- ij"0 that at present the turnout, is "!"�� h as to .equip the nation and its St against all emergenc`les. A news hither correspondent learns from an to 93c, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, in juts. bags, 30.70; second patents in jute bags, $6.20; strong bakers', in jute bags, 90, Toronto. Ontario flour—Winter, according to sample, •34.30 to 34.40 in bagsbonc,tlaaac- 'roronto; 34.35 to 34.45, in board, prompt shipment. Minreed—Car lots,'delivered Montreal. freights—Bran, per ton, 320; shorts, Per ton, 526; middlings, per ton, $26 to $26; good feed flour, por bag, 51.70 to $1,75. - Uonntry Produce. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 270; interior, 23 to 24e; creamery prints, 25 to 31c, Inferior, 23 to 29c. Eggs—New-laid, 24 to 260; do„ rn Cartons, 26 to 270. Beans -34 to 34.50, the latter for handpicked, 20e; twins, 201c. emote syrup -31,40 to 31.50. per im- perial gallon. Honey-1'i'i°es -h1 10 to 00 -ib tins, 182 to 140. Combs—No. 1, 32,75 to $3; No. 2, 32,36 to 32.40. ;Tressed poultry—Chickens, 25'to 270; 'Cowls, 20 to 220. Potatoes—Ontartos 31,75 to 31.50, ant r4''ew Brunswitks at 31.90 to 31.95 per bag, in ear lets, —No. 2 C.W., 469c; No. 3, do„ 451;e; ex- tra No, 1 feed, 4650; No. 1 feed, 445c; No 2, do„ 933e, Barley—No. 3, G73e; No 4,62e; rejected, 55c; No. 1 feed, 55e. Flax—No, 1 N: W.C., 3'1.603; No, 2 C. W., 31:67. United States Markets. Misneapolis, May 00.—Wheat—May. $1.135; July, $1.1.44 to 31.148; No. 3. hard, 31,205; No. 1 Northern, 51.145 to 91.175; No. 2 Northern, 31,113 to $1.163. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 74 to 765e. Oats— No. 8 white, 39 to 8080. Flour unchang- ed. Bran, 310,00 to 519.50. Duluth. May 30.—Wheat--No. 1 Mart, 31168; No, 1 Northern. 31,155 to 31.165; No. 2 Northern. $1,005 to 9.1.125 Lin- seed, cash, 91,87• Alan 3183• July. 31.83. Provisions. Bacon, len clear, 1820. per Ib. Rams We see renc es in r Msdium, 205 to 243e; da, heavy, 203 of us now, quite clear of fire, but to 215c: rolls, 19 10 101e; breakcaeit flattened almost beyond recognition. uaoon, 243 to 2660; backs, Plain, 268 10 279°; bonless hauls, 206 to 3080. Calmly we parried or thrust with the Pans, L2zrd 1720;uree ar ode l $, to 1X 00, and bayonet at those who barred our way. Without a backward glance we leap- Montreal Markets, ed the ditch and went on straight for- Co A ward toward the next treneh, marked in glowing outline by our I:ee, Every- one was gazing :head, trying to pierce the awful curtain that cut us off from all sight of the enemy. Always the' black pall, smoking and burning, ap- peared �id- geared ahead—just ahead h ing everything we wanted to see. The drama was played again and g,2,20 10 32.60. Bean, ll$iddlings, 326 to,y$30,. ' 141obltue $3o to efts, as the whole. territory has been again. Eaeb time, as we approached $34, FIay--NO. per ton, car lots, that fragments of our own 12050 to $21.60. 'Cheese—lrin0st1TBst cub off from communication from the 1 file, the curtain lifted as if by magic, to 303• seconds 29 to 292c. Eggs sea, authoritative source that immense progress has been made as regards the manufacture of powerful guns and high explosives. Figures as to this progress in the equipment .of the British and allied armies,. given to the correspondent in an authoritative quarter are such as to dispelthe pes- simistic statements which have been made recently in some circles. "WARDENS OF KULTIIR." Brutal Treatment of the German Soldiers. The question as to the state of mind of German soldiers in the field lends. interest to the following documents, which reach us from an • unimpeach- able source, says the London Daily Telegraph. They were found upon German soldiers who fell recently in France. The first was taken from the pocket- book of a German soldier, Sebastian Schauer, of the 11th Company of the Babtalion. 8 000 damage 13th Bavarian Reserve Regiment. It A fire which did $ , g. is addressed to his family and runs: broke out in Souris, P.E.I., recently. My Dear Ones,—If I fall, write upon Sea View Hotel and the post office my tmbstone—He was murdered by were slightly damaged, but their loss was covered by insurance. Mr. Allan Purvis, who has lately been appointed general superintend- ent of the Pastern Division of the Q.P.R., started in 1890 as a messen- ger at bhe Vancouver office. The Clergy Widows' and Orphans' Fund of Nova Scotia has been be- queathed $1,000 by the will of the late Ml's. Mary E. Dodd, widow of Dr. Simon Dodd, Charlottetown. The resignation of Constable Mu- sial, who came from Austria when eleven years of age and has been in civic service in Cape Breton all his life, was accepted by the county eoun- you might soon go into the trenches ell of Sydney. to be delivered from the hands of your The Valley River Lumber Come tormentors. But do not take things pany's drive on Little River, N.B., is so much to heart. That is, of course, stranded, and unless there is a heavy easier to say than to do, but in case rain soon there is every likelihood of let the officers do what they like, how- the drive, which contains 1,000,000 ever scandalous it may be, since you feet, being hung up. are unable to alter things. In your At the regular monthly meeting o1 place, I should show my wounded the Red Cross Society at St. John, hands to the officer. He wonld be N.B., the convener of the needlework obliged to give you leave until they department reported a total of 4,603 were cured, for those terrible ser-' articles made by the different work' geants have not the right to flay peo- ple alive. " If you are in the trenches, I beg you not to expose yourself need- lessly. Keep yourself well out of dan- ger; others do it also" THE HOUSE FLY DANGER. Best Method to Exterminate Them Is the wardens of Kultur; he gave his Stock Markets. `life for the purses of the the great, to Live fill their money -bags. I want neither King nor Fatherland: otherwise I shall turn in my grave, for the guard- ians of the Fatherland have torn love t 1 Toronto, May 30.—Choloe heavy steers, $9.60 to 39,86; butchers' cattle choice, 39,10 to 32.40; do.. good, $8,8d to $0.00; do., medium, 38.40 to 38.60; do., common, $7.60 to $7,86; butchers' tiulls,. choice, $3,00 to $3.60;. do„ rough of the Fatherland out of my heart.' bulls, 84.76 to $6.26, butchers' Dews, choice, 38.00 to 38.40; oto., good, 37.50 to The other document is a ]enter 37.76; do„ common, 35,26 to 06.76; stock -'found upon a dead soldier; Is, 700 to 850 lbs, 0.75 to $7,75; choIee feeders, canneed, 940 to 1,000 lbs, 06,26 "Weilurg, July 18th, 1915. , • to 8.86 canners and cutters, $4.0 to Your last letter naturally upset me. $$6.00; milkers, choice, each 575,00 to $100,50; do., coin, and med., each $40.00 Have you really got bo a point at' to 360.00; springers, 950,00 to 3100.00; which you think of suicide? It is light ewes, $5.50 to $11.60; sheep, heavy, $6.00 to $7.60; yesi'lings, 311.00 to 913.60 true thab, 51 you aro treated in a way lambs, choice, $11,00 to 313.50; spiting SO unworthy of brutal, I should sincerely wish that a man, so cruel and lambs, -$0.00 to 312.00; calves, good to chole 39.60 to $12,00; c1o., medium 37.25 to 8.50: hogs, iced and watered, 10.00; de„ weighed ore cars 511.15 to .11.20; do., f.o.b. 910.40. FAMINE IN LEBANON 80,000 ARE DEAD This is the News Received From Egypt. by Syrian Newspaper. A despatch from New York says: Eighby.thousand persons have died of starvation in Lebanon, according to a cable received on Wednesday by the Daily Mirror. The message was sign- ed by S. Sarkis, of Cairo, Egypt, n magazine writer, whose reliability is vouched for by the publishers of the Daily Mirror, although they do not retontreal, ivfay 30,— rn— merioan profess to have any information as to No, 2 yellow, 50 to 840. Oats-Canadla,l the aecutacy of the facts confttined in Western, No, 2, 842c; No, 3, 6321; extra No. 1 reed, 6330; No. 2 local white 624 c; the cabiegram, which read;— No. s looal white, - 61.60: No, n local "Famine in Lebanon. Eighty thous - white 608, Barley—Manitoba feed, 8 to" ,,', ' .alting, 74 to 75c. Flour-- lvtanitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $8.80 seconds, 36.30; strong bakers', $8.10 -Winter patents, choice, 50.00 to 30.25 straight rollers, 36.10 to $5.60; dn„ bags, 52.40 to 02,65. Rolled oats- Buis, 34.75 to - -$5.46; do.,. bogs, 24. Shorts, 1.6 and dead." It was said in well informed Syrian circles that private advices received for a year past were such as to make the message plausible. Food condi- tions in Syria has been extremely seri. so close a ragmen. s erns, 10'8 to Oslo; °nest °°stems' o rest of the world either by land or by shells occasionally struck a leading 108q. Hurter—choleeat creamery, 3U Fresh • 250• seleoted 27c; No. 1 stork, jumped the intervening metres, and 210; No 2 stock, doe, Potatoes—.ret descended upon the enemy's trench forther on. The ranges were perfect. We followed blindly—sometimes at a walk, sometimes at a dogtrot, and when close to our goal, on the dead run. You could not hear a word in that pandemonium. All commands were given by example or by gesture. Three times on our way to the second trench the captain lay down, And we after him. Then three short, quick rushes and a final clash as the cur- tain of shells lifted and dropped far - thee away. Then there was a hand- to-hand struggle; some used their bay- onets, others clubbed their rifles. A minute or two and the trench was ours. The earthen fortress, so strong that the Germans had boasted that it could be held by a janitor and two washerwomen, was in the hands of the Legion. He Knew. Ina country school the teacher was trying to make the lesson as interest- ing as possible. "Now, children," she said, "you have named all the domestic animals but one. Who can tell nib what that one is?" There was no reply. "What!" exclaimed the teacher, "does no one know? What animal has bristly hair, is dirty all the time, and loves getting into mud?" A small boy raised a timid hand. "Well, Alan," said the teach- er, "tell us what it is." "Please ma'am," said the little boy, "it's me." Needn't Worry. Suitor—"But you haven't asked me yet whether or riot I can make a living for your daughter." Father --"Never mind, Henry; if yea marry her she'll see to that" eon, ear lots, $1,70 10 51.75. Wimittelf tiralu. 0Vinnlpog, May 30—Oash:-=wheat— No, 1 No, to 31,122; No, 3, do„ 3.033; No, 4 $1::o3et iyonng to smolt°. No 0 071c; No, 6, 9130, feed, 855c. Oats •ti - l•n 7.128: No 2, do. Bad Habit. Buzz—flow old is that lamp? Fuzz—Three years. Buzz—Well, turn it out; it's too ers of the organization. OBNOXIOUS NAMES. Australia Will Cut Out German Recollections. The proposal, put forward by the Australian Commonwealth, that Kais- er Wilhelm's Land, the German por- tion of New Guinea now in our oceu- to Prevent Their Breeding. pation, shall he renamed, is a remin- der that other considerable portions House flies are now recognizedasof the earth's surface may undergo a similar welcome change when we win the war. For instance, there is the Bismarch Archipelago, ceded by England to Germany, in 1884. This Is now held by us, and it is very unlikely that the island group will retain its present name much longer, Probably it will be changed to New i3r•itairc, which was. what it was called before we sur- rendered it. Curiously enough one of the largest islands in the archipelago was chris- tened New Hanover by ourselves, a name which it still retains, This, too, will have to go. We want no names reminiscent of the Hun on our maps eowadays, nor hereafter. Then there is Kaiser Wilhelm I.I. Land, situated in the Antarctic Con- tinent. This may well go the way of the other eGrmnn overseas posses- sions, for although it is of little use to anybody just at present, being cov- ered all over with an icecap a anile or so thick, one never knows what the future may bring forth. These frozen lands round the South Pole are believed to abound in mineral . wealth; gold and coal, for instance. And, by the way, there is yet an - most dangerous carriers of the germs of such diseases as tpyhoid fever, in- fantile" diar'rhrea, tuberculosis, etc. From filth and decaying materials, they carry infection to the home and to the food which we eat. The best method to exterminate flies is toprevent their breeding. House -flies breed in decaying or de- composing vegetable and animal mat- ter and in excrement. Stable refuse is especially attractive to them. In cities this should be stored in dark fly -Proof receptables and should he regularly removed within six days in summer. Farm manure shuld also be removed within the same time and either: spread on the fields or stored at a distance of not less than a quart- er mile from a house or dwelling. Manure piles may be treated will borax, using three-fifths of a pound to every ben cubic feet of manure. Scatter the dry borax principally around the sides and edges of the pile and wash in with water. Kitchen refuse is a favorite breed- ing place for flies, and great care should be taken to keep garbage cans tightly. covered. The conten#1 should be buried or burnt at once, if possi The Red Angel of the Sinn Fein Rebellion. The woman is the Countess of M arkievicz, perhaps the most pi- tur esq ue figure of the Sinn Fein fiasco. She donned a rebel's costume, in- cluding eluding green breeches and took, command of a band. 'When cap urr;l she hissed her revolver before giving it tip. Her husband is a Polish arti;:1 and a brother is Sir Josslyn pow -,pow -,o1 Manchester. The man is Thomas McDonagh, one of the first three Sinn Fein 1 -oder@ to be shot in the Tower of London. He was the "Poet of the Rebellion and a man of ihtelleet. When a correspondent heard him speak in Irel^ • 1 WO years ago heforeeasted recent _occur ences. ble. No refuse should be left expos- other 'Kaiser Wilhelm Land, in Green- ed. If it cannot be disposed of at land. We shall have to rechristen once it' should be sprinkled with this also. And while we are about it borax, as described above, or with we may very possibly feel impelled chl ide of lime. to rename Franz Joseph Iend; so call - Windows and doors should be ed, by its discoverer, after the present screened to keep flies out of the Emperor of Austria. house. Milk and other foods shuld be cove't'ed with muslin or other netting. The Jinrilcioha. It is especially important to keep Among the two -wheeled vehicles in flies out of sick rooms and to prevent the all; earl of disease by this. Means. PRINCE OF WALES ON WESTERN FRONT. A despatch from London says: The Prince of Wales has returned from rgypb to the British fighting lune in Ite West. He recently visited the talian :'rent, Two of a Kind. Mrs. Popsoh—"I was reeding where Mis ;B dlson"'says that fear hours' sleep jsi1'u¢h foraliq,in£t nay }ialiopni%— ."'That seems to be the yls idea, too." popular use in the Asiatic world nuty be mentioned the "ekka," largely used in northern India, anti the famed {inrikishn of Japan. The name of the latter vehicle is derived from. "Jill," it man: Tiler," eirength or power; and "sha," 51. eesriage. Over 40,000 are in use in Tokyo alone, Happy Thought. "Money talks, old man." "Happy thought! 1'11 get mine. to talk into a phintogrepll and save the record:" l '...1. "They tell me you have had some money left you," u, " Field eid Brown. "Y es ," replied mitht "it left me long ago."